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There seems to have been considerable traffic between Buctouche and Campbellton in the mid-19th century -- at least as far as the MacIntoshes are concerned. Three daughters of David and Elizabeth MacINTOSH moved to the Campbellton area: Christy, Effie, and Ann.

Christina & John MacBeath

Christina MacINTOSH, the eldest daughter of David and Elizabeth, was born on 21 May 1817 [1] in Lower Canada, shortly after her parents landed but before they moved to New Brunswick. Christina married John M. MacBEATH, son of William McBEATH and Elizabeth GUNN of Black River, Northumberland County. John was born about 1802 [2].

"John & Christina MacBeath resided in Campbellton and had a large family," wrote David MacLelland. The census returns from the Campbellton area certainly support this. In 1851 John & Christina, with seven children, appear as tenant farmers in the household of a unmarried 35-year old fisherman named Alex BOYD. Their youngest child at the time is named Alex Boyd MacBEATH.

In the 1861 and 1871 censuses John was a farmer and sometime lumberer; his sons practised lumbering also. In 1871 John owned 200 acres of land on Lot 4, Concession 3 in Addington Parish of Restigouche County, of which 25 acres were improved. The agricultural returns show the mixed farming characteristic of 19th-century New Brunswick: A few dairy cattle, a few sheep, a few swine, a pair of horses, and fields of oats, hay and potatoes.

They had the following children:

• William was born about 1835.
  NB birth records show a William Gunn M[a]cBEATH married to a Christy Ann MOORES, fathering children in the Tide Head area between 1874 and 1889. This is almost certainly the same William, but I've not yet found documentation of the marriage.
• Elizabeth Gunn was born about 1836.
• Christina was born about 1840.
• Alexander or Ann was born about 1842.
  "Ann" appears in the 1851 census at age 9, but in the 1861 and 1871 censuses her place in the list of children is taken by an Alexander who does not appear in the 1851 census. I suspect an error either in the 1851 census or my transcription of it. The 1901 census of the area includes an Alexander McBEATH b.28 Apr 1843 who is quite likely the same individual.
• Donald was born about 1844.
• David McIntosh was born about 1846.
• Alex Boyd was born about 1850.
• Euphemia or Flora was born about 1853.
  There is an 8-year-old Euphemia in the 1861 census and a 17-year-old Flora in the 1871 census; I suspect they are the same person.
• Margaret Ann was born about 1855.
  Margaret Ann, aged 6 in the 1861 census, appears simply as "Ann" in the 1871 census, aged 15.
• Duncan Archibald was born about 1859.

John died on 2 January 1879 and is buried in the Old Athol cemetery near Campbellton [5]. Christy died 18 May 1895 [6].

[1] Letter from David MacLelland to Duncan MacIntosh, 31 March 1972.
[2] 1851 Census, Film C-996, Restigouche/Addington p.13. There's a good match for his birth in the Kildonan parish register (Sutherland-shire, Scotland) on 24 March 1801.
[3] 1861 Census, Film M-558, Restigouche/Addington p.22.
[4] 1871 Census, Film C-10386, Restigouche/Addington pp.2-3, family #6.
[5] Irene Doyle, Old Athol House Cemetery transcriptions. I don't have positive confirmation that this is the same John MacBeath, but I'm not aware of another individual in the area by that name.
[6] Provincial Archives of NB, Index to County Death Registers (RS141C1). Microfilm F16257, ref.C1k, p.14 line 28.

Euphemia & Robert Sinclair

Euphemia, born 21 April 1824 [1], was the fourth child of David & Elizabeth MacINTOSH. She married Robert McBeath SINCLAIR (born about 1819 in Little Branch, Northumberland Co.), and they resided near Campbellton. Robert & Euphemia appear in the 1851, 1861 and 1871 census returns for Addington Parish, Restigouche County. Robert is listed as a labourer in 1851, and a lumber surveyor in 1861 and 1871. They had two children:

• Catherine (abt.1846-1934) married James D. MURRAY (1848-1922) and had three children. [7]
• Angus (abt.1849-1921) married twice: [8]
  1. Elizabeth FERGUSON. Elizabeth died in 1877 and is buried in Campbellton.
  2. Amie or Aimee ROE of London, Ontario, and had six children.
  Angus was an engineer and moved about. In 1881 he was in Port Arthur with his new wife Aimee. They settled in Toronto, where they are both buried.

The 1871 census records that Euphemia died of "Intermitting Feaver" on 1 November 1870. Robert died 19 March 1888. Both are buried in the Old Athol House Cemetery, Atholville, NB.

[7] This is supported by (i) unsourced notes in the possession of Margaret Dickson, and by (ii) email correspondence with Darlene Campbell and with Margaret Harper.
[8] Wanda Sinclair, Clan Genealogist for the Clan Sinclair Association of Canada. Email of 8 September 2003.

Ann & George Gordon

Ann, born 22 July 1829 [1], was the sixth child of David & Elizabeth MacINTOSH. She married George GORDON, a Nova Scotian who in 1861 was owner of a large mill in Campbellton. The census that year lists 29 other members of the household: 2 brothers (of George), a sister-in-law, 3 small children (nieces and a nephew), 2 shoemaker lodgers, 2 housemaids, a saw-filer, a surveyor, and 17 mill-men.

"It is with deep regret that we have to annouce the death of George Gordon, Esq. a native of Pictou, who expired at his residence, Restigouche, on Friday, the 20th inst., after a severe and lingering illness, which he endured with much patience and resignation to the Divine will. He was an industrious man, possessed with considerable mechanical ability, and was a useful member of society. He was in his 48th year, and has left a widow to mourn her painful loss." [9]

Deedie's account indicates that Ann later married Albert VERGE. Albert was a merchant and the coroner in Mann Township, Bonaventure Co., Quebec. [10] As near as I'm able to determine, Ann had no children by either husband.

[9] The Gleaner and Northumberland Schediasma (Chatham) 7 Jun 1862. PANB microfilm F12280.
[10] 1881 Census of Canada, National Archives microfilm C-13187, Quebec/Bonaventure/Mann p.9 household 32

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